Lorenzo de' Medici - art, language and culture since 1973

REGISTRATION POLICY

1. Students enrolled in either the Intensive Italian Program or the Super-Intensive Italian Program have to attend mandatory weekly visits and seminars. Please consult our course schedule for exact days and times of visits and seminars.
2. In case any of the courses originally selected is not available (closed due to class size limit or cancelled due to insufficient enrollment), you will automatically be enrolled in the alternative(s) you have selected, and/or be moved to a different section in order to level course enrollment.
3. Once course selections have been made (including alternatives), only one course can be changed upon arrival in Florence depending on course availability. This variation to the course schedule can be done only once and only during the first week of classes and before Final Registration. Section changes are considered course changes.
4. Once classes start, you must attend only those courses you have been registered for and which appear on your Official Registration form. For this reason, auditing is not allowed.
5. Once on site, you should see your advisor for the appropriate form in case you want to add/drop one course. Once this form has been filled out and signed, it must be returned to your advisor, who will then receive final approval from the Registrar.
6. Once classes start, and in case you drop one or more classes, you will not be entitled to any refund.
7. If you are a beginner in Italian language or if you have had Italian language for one semester or equivalent and enroll in either the 3 or 4-hours Italian class, you must pre-register for a section. If you are a non-beginner in Italian language who have had more than one semester or equivalent of Italian, you should not select a language section because you will take a placement test after arrival on site. Depending on your performance on the test, you will be assigned a language level and section. You are, however, required to indicate how many semesters of Italian you have taken on your registration form.
8. Non-beginning Italian language students enrolled in Super-Intensive, Intensive or Six-Hour Italian language will take a placement test in Florence.
9. Students enrolling in Intermediate/Advanced Studio Art courses will have to take placement tests on site.
10. Students will be informed about the add/drop and final registration deadlines during Orientation. No exceptions will be made to those deadlines.
11. Students with learning disabilities will be subject to local educational standards, and therefore they will not be provided with the same special treatment offered by their home school. However, based on current and official documentation of the disability, our Institute offers reasonable assistance to students with learning disabilities.
12. Mid-term and final exams will be administered only on the scheduled days that appear on the class syllabus for each course. For no reason (i.e. religious issues, travel plans, family matters, etc.) will they be anticipated or postponed.
13. Our Institute does not offer Pass/Fail grades or Incompletes, but only letter grades. All classes registered for and grades received will be shown on the student's transcript not withstanding the student's intent to transfer credits to the home school.
14. Our Institute reserves the right to withhold the transcripts of students who violate contract agreements related to housing and/or academic issues (i.e. any balance or debt incurred) and/or whose behavior is considered detrimental towards the school and other students.
15. It has to be clear that the Rules of Conduct applied at this Institute are different from the rules applied by the student's home college or university.
16. All that being stated it is understood that the Lorenzo de' Medici Rules of Conduct must be carefully read by each student. A copy of these Rules of Conduct is included in the application package given to every student and is also distributed during Orientation on site and shown in every building of the Institute.

CANCELLATION POLICY

If an official cancellation notice is received by LdM:

• 20 days or more before the start of the term, the student will be liable for 10% of the tuition.
• 19 to 7 days before the start of the term, the student will be liable for 20% of the tuition.
• 6 days to the beginning of the term, no refund will be given.

After classes start, no refund will be due to students who do not attend or who withdraw from LdM.

Fees are not transferable to other persons.

Students will receive the refund minus the cost of any transfer fees.

NOTE: Only in the case that a student is unable to obtain the visa to enter Italy, the previous cancellation policy does not apply (see note in Student Guide - Visa). 

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT: Italian language beginner students and students who have had one semester or equivalent of Italian who enroll in Italian Language Courses must select a section that fits their schedule. Please provide alternative sections of Beginning and Intermediate 1 Italian that could fit your schedule in case the first choice is closed. Non-beginning Italian language students who have had more than one semester or equivalent of Italian should not select a section, but should indicate how many semesters of Italian language they have taken. They will take a language placement test in Florence. Non-beginning Italian language students who enroll in Super-Intensive, Intensive or Six-Hour Italian will have to take a placement test once in Florence. Students enrolling in Intermediate/Advanced Studio Art courses will have to take placement tests in Florence.

• IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO VERIFY THAT THERE ARE NO TIME CONFLICTS AMONG THE COURSES THAT YOU SELECT.
• WE REQUIRE THAT YOU PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE COURSES TO YOUR FIRST CHOICES